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> This is why it's a hard pill to swallow. In the worst case, unprecedented matter, this white-collar crime gets 2 years. > People, particularly poor and often
by bryanlarsen 2y ago
> This is why it's a hard pill to swallow. In the worst case, unprecedented matter, this white-collar crime gets 2 years.
> People, particularly poor and often black Americans, have gotten 20+ years for possession.
But why does Ellison need to get extra time because poor/black Americans have been treated unfairly? Fix the injustice at the root rather than "fixing" it by treating everybody equally unfairly.
- consteval 2y agoI never said she did, I said that's why this is a hard pill to swallow. Unfairness sucks, and it's unreasonable to expect people to not get upset at unfairness. Obviously, the fix needs to come from the other direction.